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              To limit pollution and traffic congestion in Beijing, officials in 2011 imposed a citywide restriction on the number of automobiles residents can purchase annually. But the system has a loophole: Beijing residents have been goin...
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June 8, 2021

Trying to put the brakes on car ownership

Study of Beijing’s car-restriction policy underscores value of regional coordination to meet transportation and emissions goals.

              MIT faculty receiving 2021 J-WAFS seed grants: (top row, left to right) Amos Winter, Ariel Furst, Elfatih Eltahir, Jeffrey Grossman, Evelyn Wang; (bottom row, left to right) Mary Gehring, Rohit Karnik, Pratik Shah, Karen Zheng...
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June 8, 2021

MIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding

Ten principal investigators from seven MIT departments and labs will receive up to $150,000 for two years, overhead-free, for innovative research on global food and water challenges.

              Researchers estimate a cost reduction in the hydrogen supply chain of about 9 percent by using trucks as both a means of energy transmission and of storage in a new hydrogen supply chain planning model, by bringing down the need fo...
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June 8, 2021

MITEI researchers build a supply chain model to support the hydrogen economy

Study: Using trucks as both storage and means of energy transmission reduces hydrogen supply chain costs and encourages green hydrogen production from variable renewable energy.

              The high temporal and spatial resolution Raman imaging technique opens opportunities to answer millennia-old questions regarding cement chemistry. This high-resolution Raman image shows the hydration of alite (white) forming C-S-...
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June 7, 2021

Visualizing cement hydration on a molecular level

Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete’s hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete.

              Helicopters drop water and fire retardant on a wildfire in Southern California. 
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June 3, 2021

Exploring the future of humanitarian technology

Technology solutions to climate change, disaster response, and global health challenges are up for discussion in a new Lincoln Laboratory lecture series.

              MIT senior Awele Uwagwu is majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in energy studies.
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June 2, 2021

From gas to solar, bringing meaningful change to Nigeria’s energy systems

Chemical engineering senior Awele Uwagwu works to accelerate the adoption of solar energy in Nigeria.

              A map of the NYC tri-state area showing the average tropospheric NO2 concentrations prior to the March 2020 Covid-19 stay-at-home measures, superimposed over the hazy NYC skyline.
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Data science gives new insight into air pollution in the US

At the Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture, biostatistician Francesca Dominici illuminates the interplay between air pollution, environmental injustice, and Covid-19.

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How data science gives new insight into air pollution in the US

At the Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture, biostatistician Francesca Dominici illuminates the interplay between air pollution, environmental injustice, and Covid-19.

              "Renewable energy must be collected, stored, and transported, says PhD student Caroline White-Nockleby. "It requires financing, metals extraction, and the processing of decommissioned materials. ... Not everyone stands to benefi...
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May 27, 2021

3Q: The socio-environmental complexities of renewable energy

HASTS PhD student Caroline White-Nockleby aims to advance climate justice by minimizing localized burdens of renewable energy implementation.

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